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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bgarg, post: 215748, member: 1876&quot;]I think there is no error in date. Those 4 numbers on the coin are &quot;Information&quot; and not just a date. So, a regular date conversion doesn&#039;t fit for these numbers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Al-Azhar university&#039;s foundation was laid on AH 359 and was completed in AH 361. If you convert these two Hijri years, they correspond to AD 970 and AD 972.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, to celebrate 1000 years of this university, they just added 1000 in original Hijri and Gregorian dates and gave that information on that coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>So, I think those four numbers makes sense in both Hijri and Gregorian dates.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, nice coin acanthite! I have one of those and I always liked the minarets of this university.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regards</p><p>Ballabh Garg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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